Events...
Here's our bookclub meeting dates for the rest of 2009:
Contemporary Fiction - 3rd Tuesdays: 9/15, 10/20, 11/17, 12/15
Good Living Cookbook Club - 2nd Tuesdays: 7/14, 8/11, 9/8, 10/13, 11/10, 12/8
Spirituality Book Discussion Group - 1st Thursdays: On summer hiatus. Then 10/1, 11/5, 12/3
Summer Book Club: 3rd Wednesdays: 6/17, 7/15, 8/18
For more details, click on our Book Clubs link.

Chef Chad Minor returns again this year and will be creating an elegant four-course Tea service including fresh salads, homemade soups, delectable sandwiches - and, of course - teatime desserts. As part of this unique collaboration, Ambiance@53 will again be supplying a varied Tea selection to pair with each course of the meal.

Join us as we celebrate these beautiful homes and each other as we recall a more formal time. Each table will be hand-set with an eclectic mix of estate-owned china, glassware, and linens.

At each Tea we leave ample time to chat with our featured author and have books singed. We also bring along an array of other Tea related-books, cookbooks, and just plain good reading for visitors to browse through and purchase the day of the events, so come prepared to be tempted....

More information below.

Author Tea Retreats at Linden Hill
Saturday, August 15, 2009 featured author Brian Freeman

Brian Freeman, author of Stripped, Immoral and Stalked, joins us to talk about his TWO new books for 2009, In the Dark, and The Agency (writing as Ally O'Brien).

In the Dark by Brian Freeman will be AVAILABLE APRIL 1, 2009

A brutal unsolved murder case from Jonathan Stride's past is reopened and deadly secrets emerge, in bestselling author Freeman's newest thriller.

Freeman introuduces a new series with the early Febrruary release of The Agency by alter-ego Ally O'Brien.

As an agent in a multinational media agency, Tess Drake deals with some of the world's biggest egos, in this wickedly sharp, page-turning novel that turns the world of being an agent inside out and lays bare all the ambition, adrenaline, and luck at the center of one young woman's success.

These titles as well as Freeman's three previous books will be available at Bookin' It as well as at Linden Hill the day of the Tea. Brian will be happy to sign any books you purchase from us beforehand or the day of the TEA.

*Reservations and pre-payment required for all Tea Events.
$35.00 for Friends of Linden Hill Members/$40 non-members.
Contact Linden Hill at 320-616-5580 to reserve space at the Tea or to book an overnight stay in conjunction with the Tea.

Coming November 1st for our Holiday Open House:
Nora Murphy, author of Knitting the Threads of Time - Casting Back to the Heart of Our Craft.

As the author works on knitting a sweater for her son, she skillfully weaves in life stories of women from around the world, illustrating the living legacy that textiles still play in many cultures.

Watch here for more details.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *Author Event Follow-up Notes:

Thomas Maltman who visited Bookin' It this past holiday season was just awarded the ALA Alex Award 2008 for his book The Night Birds. The American Library Association’s (ALA) Alex Awards are given to ten adult books with specific teen appeal. The Night Birds is now available in trade paperback.

The Night Birds by Thomas Maltman was among St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s Best Books of 2007; Rocky Mountain News lists Maltman as the Best First Time Novelist of 2007.

“Maltman weaves this gripping story around real events that resulted in the mass execution of 38 Dakota Indians in 1862.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

“A remarkably poignant narrative in time, an elegant portrayal of a period little known in American history.”—Rocky Mountain News

And -- Jess Lourey who signed her Murder-By-Month Mystery series books at Bookin' It during the 2007 Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair just reported in to us on her most recent award.

Lourey's Knee High by the Fourth of July was nominated for a Lefty for Best Humorous Mystery of 2007. Jess Lourey has a new book coming out in June and will be our featured author for the next Author Tea Retreat at Linden Hill.

Minnesota Mystery Writer Monica Ferris at Linden Hill for the first 2008 Author Tea Retreat. Over 40 guests attended the four course Tea.

Monica's Needlework Mysteries:

Crewel World
Framed In Lace
A Stitch In Time
Unraveled Sleeve
A Murderous Yarn
Hanging by a Thread
Cutwork
Crewel Yule
Embroidered Truths
Sins and Needles
Knitting Bones
Thai Die

Free Needlework Pattern
included in each book.